LittleBigPlanet Karting Coming To PS3!

Earlier this year we cut some cake and popped some champagne to celebrate Media Molecule’s sixth birthday!! We have had an awesome time during the last six years, with the highlight being the joy of seeing how the experiment we started here in Guildford has grown and given rise to a thriving LittleBigPlanet community. This year will be no different, filled with DLC, plus more brand new experiments from the LBP family for you to play with.

You already know about the fantastic LBP work that Tarsier Studios and Double Eleven Studios are doing on LittleBigPlanet for PlayStation Vita, and now we are delighted to announce today a new LBP collaboration with the hugely talented team at United Front Games who will be leading a new project called LittleBigPlanet Karting! We’ve all seen that UFG has a wealth of racing experience and they’re also intimately familiar with LBP’s cornerstones of “PLAY, CREATE, SHARE.” With LBP’s powerful and diverse toolset in their capable hands, LittleBigPlanet Karting is sure to be an adventure that both LBP fans and kart racing fans alike will enjoy! We are very eager to see what you think of this union and especially excited to see what happens now that you have a 3D environment to create in! It’s the start of a whole new LBP world! Have a look at the debut trailer to see for yourself.

Thank you so much for your continued support of LittleBigPlanet!

Lots of love,
Kareem, Dave, Alex, Mark & Siobhan – Media Molecule

From United Front Games

Thank you to everyone at Media Molecule, we greatly appreciate the warm welcome into the LittleBigPlanet family. The team here at United Front Games has long been huge fans of LBP and all of the exceptional work done by everyone at Mm. Sackboy has become one of the iconic gaming characters of this generation and to have the opportunity to make a LittleBigPlanet game ourselves is truly an honor.

It has really been a joy to collaborate with all of the folks at Mm. Since the project’s inception, they have been great partners in getting to where we are today. Looking ahead, we can’t wait for all of the LBP fans out there to get their hands on LittleBigPlanet Karting. The LBP community is unparalleled in the gaming world for the passion and creativity they bring and it’s going to be very exciting to see where they’re able to take this new journey for Sackboy.

Our goal with LBP Karting has been fairly simple – provide a fast-paced experience that captures the best of classic Karting gameplay, married with the unbridled creativity of LBP. This new adventure will be accessible to players of all ages and have all of the variety necessary to satisfy both the hardcore and more casual players.

This is an LBP game, so we could never talk about it without mentioning the create tools. LBP Karting is set in an entirely 3D world allowing players to create rich and varied gameplay experiences. Tons of familiar LBP gadgets will be present, along with a brand new toolbox specifically tailored to allow for building in LBP Karting’s 3D world. Along with fan favorite racing and battle modes, players will be able to modify the rules of the game itself to create completely new modes and challenges. All of this is wrapped up in a community experience that should have LBP fans feeling right at home.

Well, that’s all for now, but we’re looking forward to sharing more news on this exciting new game in the coming weeks so stay tuned for more info and get ready for the new world of LittleBigPlanet Karting in 2012!

It be interesting to see how much of a difference there is between this and modnation. From the video its looks to have a more mario kart feel which is great, PS3 needs an karting game. Would be great to have on vita with cross play and online multiplayer.

I’m looking forward to this evolution of Modnation, which was an evolution of Little Big Planet but I have one concern.

You have been around for 6 years and you have only created LBP games, please do not become a one franchise company, there is so many talented members at Media Molecule and I would hate to see that talent wasted making sequels to the same game over and over again, no matter how good they are.

Hey DAVIE222, we are pleased to be able to let you know that LBPK will be supporting LBP.me, and it will have it’s own specific section where players can browse creations a populate a queue to access in the game.

I couldn’t see the difference between this and modnation, but if you think about it, if they evolved modnation for a sequel it would essentially be little big planet with karts. So instead of overlapping two franchises it makes sense to let the more marketable LBP brand take over.

Looks good. Love Modnation (far, far superior to the massively overrated Mario Kart games and the closest thing we have to a modern day Crash Team Racing) and this is by the same guys so should be great.

Also I hope it accepts Modnation type of character creation as well as Sackboy costumes. Modnation allowed for a far more flexible way of creating recognisable characters. Ok I say mainly cos I love that movie Optimus Prime robot mod character I downloaded that someone made and racing in the movie Optimus Prime truck mode and I use those loads.

Interesting.
I found Modnation Racers to be pretty flawed and far too difficult for a light-hearted fun game it wants to be.
If they can get the graphics up to the high standards of many exclusives and improve gameplay and make it more accessible and easy to play than this might be a success.
I know many who put Modnation down after failing several races against the devious AI to never come back to it again.

First off, the LBP franchise is probably my favorite new franchise this generation. I thought ModNation was a solid title as well. The world didn’t resonate quite as much with me, but I spent quite a bit of time creating carts and characters.

When this was first announced, I was scratching my head. It seemed redundant. I felt the same way when LBP2 was announced, as I thought there wouldn’t be enough change.

Now, Mm has proved me wrong twice. This trailer made a believer out of me. Battle Mode is a welcome addition. Taking the foundation of ModNation and infusing it with the charming world of LBP is a brilliant partnership. I’m an idiot for doubting you.

I truly cannot wait to see the final product of this new exciting title. Thanks to Sony, MM and more importantly the extremely talented folks at UFG for bringing us Sackboy in a Modnation Racers-type world. We have been waiting for this, and you guys are making it all come true. All the best

I really hope it’s more like Crash Team Racing than Mario Kart. Especially the feel of good movement control when driving is extremely important.

And I really really hope it won’t be as bloated as MNR. Much of the concept in the game cool, but the execution sucked. (Long loading times, didn’t really feel as great driving (though it wasn’t that bad), not very balanced weapons, dealing with the menus etc felt like a lot of work).

Yeah, my opinion is to look at Crash Team Racing and learn from that. Once that is done, you can start adding extra features, but not at the expense of otherwise important things. (Naughty Dog themselves didn’t even look at their own game when they made Jak X. Jak X had memory card bug and I really didn’t enjoy playing it at all).

There really needs to be a Vita version. It is a perfect fit for a handheld. Sony has only itself to blame if the Vita goes the same way as PSP. No plans for LBPK, Ratchet & Clank Collection or Jak & Daxter Collection on Vita is idiotic. I love Sony but I would love to knock some sense into it.

This looks great! Looks very LBP. Like people have said, a PS Vita version would be cool. And I hope there aren’t any sideswipes or other cheap attacks in this game like in ModNation Racers. If people are gonna use devastating weaponry they’ll have to deserve it by actually picking stuff up!

Hi LAClennell, AI tuning is a big focus for the team on LBPK. We are aiming to provide an experience that will be accessible to all levels of players, so any one is able to pick up the game and have a great time with it.

Hey Splenge, glad to hear you’re excited to get you hands on LBPK. As I mentioned above, we’re currently investigating DLC compatibility and hope to have some news for the community on in the coming months!

Now don’t get me wrong,I love the LBP franchise,and it’s actually one of my favorite games in this generation.But the whole idea around it was that you could build ANYTHING in it.So making a sub-genre for a game that can do all genres looks like an unnecessary idea,with all due respect.I know that in the main game you can’t ‘perfect’ a racing game,but it’s still pretty do-able.If I wanted a more in-depth kart game I would’ve played ModNation.

I’m not bashing,just stating my opinion,and would be glad to hear yours,too. 😀

Will all the stickers/objects/materials/costumes from LBP 1 & 2 be in the game to begin with(waiting to be unlocked) or will they be transferrable from saved profiles of the other games like the way they transferred from 1 to 2?

I agree this really should’ve been Vita and PS3 compatible. It sounds as if Sony has nothing on the horizon for Vita, apart from regular LBP. It’s a little worrying, especially since I bought one.
Hopefully a port comes oneday.

Also, how far away is LBP Vita? I’m out of launch games (good ones), and this is the next big game that I’m actually looking forward to. In fact, this is probably the biggest Vita game.

Hooray! Can’t wait this will be awesome! The brain crain and move cursor could be very useful though. I have a move controler, but I’m sure the rest of my family would like to play, so that is why I asked. Thank you!

I really hope that we can construct vehicles/machines from scratch.
When I say “from scratch” I mean that every component is cut/shaped from various materials, and the all of the bolts/connectors/motors/logic are wired together by me, just like in Little Big Planet 1&2.

I want to create my own (fully functional) transforming vehicles and race them with my friends.

*** Will this be possible in LBPK? ***

If so, then I will pre-order the ultimate/collectors edition of the game as soon as it’s available, and advise all of my LBP & MNR friends to do the same.

Hey Lord_Ville71, we’re not quite ready to go into all the details of the creation tools just yet. Please stand by for more news to come … worry not though, I think you’ll be very happy with what’s going to be on offer!

james i seen some clever levels with home made snow & rain & in lbp2 its just got fog & day & night please add a weather dlc pack so we can control weather in lbp2 such as a light shower or a full on storm or a gentle snow fall or a full on blizard & then people could add weather in there levels and make them more atmospheric & even more exiting with the gr8 tools that are in lbp2 i know we had a winter & spring pack but if you add weather tools to it it will really make it awsome. rain storms showers snow blizzards hail i hope you like my idea james

Hi, again, but will you be able to copy others tracks? If yes, please make it so you can’t copy them, I could see a bunch of junk tracks infesting the LBPK community, please don’t let LBPK face the same fate of LBP & LBP2 of being infested with a bunch of bad copied levels(in this case tracks). Please prevent this! Anyway, Thank you!

Great come out! i know MM and UFG will not disappoint me on this one, as a good gamer i have lbp1/2 and soon to have the vita version, but im not really too familiar with the Modnation Racers bcs of lack of money even though this really attracted to it, although this just seems fantastic, i do miss the Crash team racing/mario kart (old ones)so im pretty sure that just like modnation it will be a really nice title im surely going to buy

but i do have a question, you will be able to change your character looks, not only with costumes but stickers? as in, i love alot of my costumes but im a fan of putting everything on white with stickers, so i would like to know if i will be able to sticker my sackboy/girl and also the car and its contents too, as i think modnations racers could, if this is true, then i will buy the game as soon as it comes out!

To: Angelixal
There is a demo of modnation Racers on LBP2 that you can download.
The controls are hard to me. Hopefully you can set custume controls for you still of raceing.
Anyway, I think I all ready know how to create, play, and share.
I’m pretty good at makeing prodictions, for example in 2011 around fall I predicted that the next LBP would have a 3D map thing, then this tralier comes out. 8D If I know LBP you WILL have all your costumes, stickers, tools, ect. transfered form LBP1 & LBP2.

Liking the look of this Sony may finally have its mario kart, I like the sack boy character never like the lbp games glad it ufg making it media molecule is such a boring name for a company it makes there games sound boring.

OOOOOHH Yeessss, Smeagol can’t waitsey-poos for thisss. Modnations made usss wants to go backs to the Bight and ssteal MORE Woodsman’s babies and eatses themss, it annoyed usssss that much, but thissss, Oh yess with thisss we can have our PRECIOUSSSS back(they ssstole it from usss, curse them, we hates them, it’s ours it is AND WE WANTS EEET! AHHHH BAGGINSSS!), yes nice Hobbitses BACK. You see, WEEE can MAKSES a giant PRECIOUSS and SIT in it and RUN THE THIEVSES OVER! That way wee gets to have THEIR cakes and eatss it too. YESS They will never see usss coming and that way we will catch up to the fat hobbit and Master and, and lead them to HER….. YESSSS. ANd PRECIOUSS WILL BE OURS…
Nice hobbitses….

no psvita version no sale. i’m sorry but i see a game like this and think that would be amazing on vita aswell as ps3 and would have so much potential. So on that note, its a no buy for me i’m afraid its a shame really cause i saw the trailer and thought, yeah that will be alot of fun but as you arn’t developing it for my platform of choice i feel let down by Mm and UFG especially after lack of modnation mp on vita and the terrible decisions Mm made on getting the LBP2 special editions out in europe.Now their new projects cant incorperate and new Sony platform either. Bad times

I have some questions I hope you can answer:
1) Do you keep your lbp hearts?
2) Do you have a earth where you can find your published stuff and your profile? (If yes, will your comments be the same as in lbp2?)
3) Will your hearted creators list be kept?
4) Will there be Mm picks?
5) Will you keep your pins?
6) Will your lbp1 and lbp2 stuff and costumes be transfered to lbpk?
7) Will your lpb1 anr lbp2 dlc be transfered? (If yes will your lbpk dlc be usable in lbp2?)
8) How are the possibilitys in create mode compared to lbp2?
9) How is the menus (me, community and story) compared with lbp2?
10) Do you have a moon?
11) How is yor pod?

I have a few questions about LBPK.
1.Will there be a create mode for Karting and for regular LBP levels or just Karting levels?
2.Will you be able to use Community objets and My Objects in your Popit in create mode?
3.I saw that in the Trailer it used the Skeleton heads as used in LBP so my question is will you be able to use story objects that are in LBP1 & LBP2 in LBPK?
4.Can you inform us of the release Date soon? My birthday is coming up and I want to put some money aside for it soon.
5.Will you be able to Decorate and Create your own Karts or will all of that be on a template?
6.Will there be a LBP3 and if so will it be coming soon?
7.Will there be a story mode?

Please respond soon.
Thank you for the new LBP even though it might not be the same I KNOW it will be fun.

I keep thinking of more questions jeez! OK.
Will there be new costumes to wear?
Will People be able to get other Karts as Prize Bubbles?
Will there Be Karting DLC but also new coustume DLC only able to be used in LBPK?

Was never that interested in modnation racers, but i have always loved karting games with friends. Add that to an undying love for all things sackboy and you have my attention! I CANNOT WAIT for this game. I hope they set a summer release date! The sooner the better!

I think so too 🙂 even in summer, and at the end of spring 🙂
mm4401, I think there will be additions to the carts and costumes, and probably Da Vinci, Victoria, etc., they probably will not, but would be more interesting story, and new adventures for us)
In my opinion, the creation of maps will be:
First you take a fashion (that is what it is: flying, monster truck, or plain),then the board doing the normal for you body, then the wheels, and then what happens 🙂
I think so, but I’m sure the creation of maps will be much more fun!)

This game looks worth the money to me, ill be sure to preorder. I just hope the creation system works just like LBP1&2, the modnation track maker didnt really cut it for me with the premade objects. But anyways you 100% got of my birth day money this year.
P.S. Would you consider yourselfs partners with Media Molecule.

Another 2 questions from me, is the costume makeing the same as LBP, Mod Nation racers, or mixed together. And also ( reply if im kinda right or not ) dose the creation system for objects for your tracks the same as lbp1&2 just once your finished making it you pan and turn it to the position you want it?

Smart move Sony, make a new karting game under LBP because everybody loves that rather than fixing a few very simple things in MNR which would make it ten times better.
I like LBP and love MNR but this looks … well crap IMO. Sackboy and his world onl works well in 2D and in 3D it looks really cheap. I’m sorry but when I create tracks I want to be racing in semi realistic places like in MNR. Not around a frikkin fabric shop..
Modnation racers had Its unique art style and you could create your kart, mod and track. In this you drive in a cardboard box with sponge wheels with a sackboy with about 5 different outfits around a bland track. Yes this game is much simpler and easier for the disabled but I guess if it gets you the sales then so be it.

@lop330, how can you posibly already start hating on the game when all youve seeen is its teaser trailer. You get all the costumes from lbp1&2 you can mix and match parts from everything you unlock in-game, its to much to talk about so ill just sum it all up in a way even YOU could understand, its modnation racers just will new kart peaces and an entirly new creation system and a bunch of power ups and weapons giving it more of a mario kart feel than modnation racers and it attracts to all players unlike modnation whos trophys were too hard to acheave for the younger players, so in conclusion its a little to late to fix mod nation and this just seems fun. 🙂

Ideas:
-Transfer our costumes and stickers from lbp
-Racer Hub (Functions as a “Modspot”, like in Modnation Racers.
-Allow chat where possible (Race startup,Racer Hub, etc.)
-Don’t restrict us to simple cars (Maybe Motorcycles, Be creative! Give every vehicle type different models, or let us create our own)
-Race Spectating
-Let us walk around! The racing isn’t restricted to left and right, why should we be? Use this in our pods, the racer hub, even.

I don’t see how this will be different from MNR, for it to receive the LBP title i hope that we can build everything from scracth just like LBP, instead it looks like MNR but with LBP characters,i saw it in a picture where u would chose the body part of your car just like MNR if the game is anything like that i wont be willing to play this game. ”…Along with fan favorite racing and battle modes, players will be able to modify the rules of the game itself to create completely new modes and challenges. All of this is wrapped up in a community experience that should have LBP fans feeling right at home.”i hope u will keep that promisse.